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User Rating:
5.5/10   1,741 votes
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Director:
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Writers:
Arkadi Strugatsky (original book) &
Boris Strugatsky (original book) ...
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Release Date:
18 December 2008 (Russia) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Sci-Fi more
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User Comments:
not bad, actually more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Vasily Stepanov ... Maksim
Yuliya Snigir ... Rada
Pyotr Fyodorov ... Guy
Sergey Garmash ... Zef
Yuriy Kutsenko ... Vepr (as Gosha Kutsenko)
Aleksei Serebryakov ... Strannik
Mikhail Yevlanov ... Chachu
Andrei Merzlikin ... Fank
Anna Mikhalkova ... Ordi
Maksim Sukhanov ... Papa
Fyodor Bondarchuk ... Prokuror
Yuriy Tsurilo ... General
Kirill Pirogov ... Svyokor
Yevgeni Sidikhin ... Test
Aleksey Gorbunov ... Shurin
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Обитаемый остров (Russia)
The Inhabited Island (International: English title)
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Country:
Russia
Language:
Russian
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Crimea, Ukraine more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Zef arrests Maxim, he orders young man to drop his belt, and he does. In next scene, we see Maxim still wearing his belt. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Obitaemyy ostrov: Skhvatka (2009) more

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45 out of 60 people found the following comment useful:-
not bad, actually, 13 January 2009
7/10
Author: donche_ru from Russian Federation

Can't understand all this negative hysteria. Most of which is actually about nothing ("crap! oh, such a crap! totally crap!" often mentioning that Bondarchuk is a bad director). Well, I can partly understand those who admired the original book (which is really worth reading) as they may have imagined everything in different manner (this is particularly true for sci-fi adaptations). But very often I read comments of people who seemed to be negatively oriented even before they really watched the film.

The movie is not piece of art. It really takes a lot from classic sci-fi movies (from costumes designs to city views). And directing sometimes is confusing. But the film has one strong point - the plot, original story that authors reflected rather well. Special effects are good (they were performed by American specialists), acting is not bad (dramatic acting usually is not required in sci-fi action movies). In essence, the movie is good and worth seeing. Don't take negative comments for granted.

BTW as far as I know Boris Strugaztsky (the one of two brothers who is still alive) liked the adaptation.

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